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Austria Expels Three Russian Diplomats Over Suspected Signals Spying in Vienna

Vienna signals a tougher line on espionage targeting the international organizations it hosts.

Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Critical in Iran Hospital After Prison Health Collapse

Spanish Court Rejects Custody Bid for Two Key Kitchen Case Defendants

Russia Orders British Diplomat Out Over Spying Allegations

Sweden Says Citizen Executed in Iran as Judiciary Reports Execution for Mossad Spying

UK China Spy Inquiry Puts Ministerial Access Under Spotlight After Suspect’s FCDO Meeting

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Probe Continues as Police Conclude Royal Lodge Search

Kremlin Says It Made Proposal to France Over Detained Researcher Laurent Vinatier

UK Nears Decision on China’s Royal Mint Embassy as U.S. Lawmakers Raise Data-Security Fears

AP Uncovers U.S. Bid to Flip Maduro’s Pilot in Plan to Seize Venezuelan Leader

German Officials Say AfD Used Parliamentary Queries to Probe Critical Infrastructure for Authoritarian States

UK Pushes China’s London Embassy Decision to December 10 as Beijing Denounces Delay

German Court Jails Ex-AfD Aide for China Espionage in EU Parliament Case

Israeli-American Indicted in Tel Aviv on Charges of Spying for Iran

Prosecutor Seeks 7½-Year Term for Ex-Krah Aide in Dresden China Spy Trial

Belarus Detains Polish Monk on Espionage Charges Linked to Zapad-25

Krah Testifies in Dresden Spy Trial, Admits Staff Access to His EU Account

Vienna Prosecutors Indict Ex-Intelligence Official Egisto Ott on Russia-Linked Spying Charges

Dresden Court Opens Saxony’s First Trial of Espionage for China

Dresden Court Opens Espionage Trial for Ex-Aide to AfD Lawmaker and Logistics Worker